Secret fastener for hand bags



' M. GOLDSMITH SECRET FASTENER FOR HAND BAGS Filed April 7, 1924 Mau/ub!xNvEN-ron www@ A'rroRNEY' Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

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SECRET FASTENER FO'R H ANIDl BAGS.

Application filed April 7,

T0 all 'fw/10m it may concern.'

Be it known that I7 MAURICE GoLDsMrrH, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SecretFasteners for I-Iand Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention rela-tes to secret fasteners for hand bags and it is myobject to provide concealed supplemental means for holding the bag inclosed condition which will prevent opening the same in event theordinary fastener is opened by accident or otherwise.

In the drawing Fig. l is a fragmentary view of ahand bag, partly insection, show* ing my secret fasteners; Fig. 2 a sectional view of thestructure of F ig. l on the line 2 2 thereof; and Fig. 3 a detail viewof the fastener flap or tongue on the inside of the bag.

The bag comprises the usual body having sides l and 2, with the lining 3and 4. The

' mouth of the bag is secured to the hinged metal frames 5 and 6 in theusual manner and the ordinary locking device 7 is provided for securing'the bag in closed condition.

My invention consists in providing concealed supplemental means forlocking the bag and consists of a tongue 8, secured to the inside of thebag, preferably under the center of the frame 5. The opposite side ofthe bag is apertured at 9 9 in the side 2 and lining 4t, each aperturehavinga grommet l0 l0 secured thereto. I have found that the use ofseparate grommets on the side and lining is better than a single grommetsecured to both as the two prevent wrinkling when the bag is in use.

The free end of the tongue 8 is intended to pass through the apertures 99 and be secured to the outside of the side 2 of the bag by a snapfastener Il ll, one member of which is on the end of the tongue and theother on the bag side.

A concealing' flap l2 is secured to the out- 1924. Serial N0. 704,720.

side of the bag and covers the apertures and flap tongue.

In use the bag is partly closed and the tongue 8 passed through theapertures 9 9', the members of the snap fasteners secured together andthe main frame finally fully closed so that the lock 7 is engaged.

Any attempt to open the bag and abstract the contents by opening thecatch 7 will be frustrated as the tongue lock will prevent the framesbeing separated sufficiently to get the hand into the bag. As the flapl2 covers the secret fastener the presence of the latten on the bag isnot apparent to anyone seeking to surreptitiously abstract the contents.

I claim l. A hand bag comprising a body apertured on one side near thetop, a frame, a lock on the frame, a tongue secured to the inside of theno-n-apertured side and adapted to pass through the aperture in theopposite side and means for securing the free end of the tongue to theoutside of the body.

2. A hand bag comprising a body apertured on one side near the top, aframe, a lock on the frame, a tongue secured to the inside of thenon-apertured side'and adapted to pass through the aperture on theopposite side, means for securing the free end of the tongue to theoutside of the body and a concealing'liap ou the outside the apertureand tongue end.

3. A hand bag comprising a body and a lining, the body and lining havingalined apertures on one side near the top, a tongue secured to theinside of the non-apertured side and adapted to pass through theapertures in the vlining and side, separate grommets for the lining andside apertures, means.

of the body over "*i for securing the free end of the tongue to theoutside of the bag and a concealing Hap on the'outside of the body overthe apertures and tongue end.

In testimony whereof I have afxed my signature.

MAURICE GOLDSMITH.

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